Port Richmond Grain-Elevator, Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1917

Title

Port Richmond Grain-Elevator, Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1917

Subject

Port Richmond Grain-Elevator, Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1917

Description

A picture from 1917 of a Grain-Elevator in Port Richmond, Philadelphia, where William Stephens may have worked. Grain-Elevators were used to put grain on Tramp Ships which would then transport the load to Europe during the First World War.

Source

Philadelphia Year Book, 1917

Publisher

WCU, HIS 601/HON 452 Great Migration and Digital Storytelling, Fall 2014

Date

c. 1917

Contributor

Derek Duquette

Rights

TBD

Format

JPG

Type

Still Image

Original Format

Photo

Files

Port Richmond Grain Elevator.jpg


Citation

“Port Richmond Grain-Elevator, Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1917,” Goin' North, accessed October 4, 2024, https://goinnorth.org/items/show/244.